Softening the Crisis: How Cultural Diplomacy Fosters Support for International Reconciliation

• In Event: Foreign Policy and Public Perception

Brief Overview

Cultural diplomacy can ease rival tensions. Survey experiments in the U.S. and China show that exchanges like orchestra tours and sports increase support for modest cooperation by fostering hope and warmer views of rivals, not just symbolic gestures

Author

• Rex Weiye Deng, Washington University in St Louis